About The Artist

ILZE AVIKS
BFA Painting and Art History University of Kansas
MFA Textiles Colorado State University
Ilze Aviks has maintained a studio in Durango, Colorado for over 30 years. During the last 20 years she has taught Studio and Art Theory courses at Fort Lewis College and has been a Visiting Artist at many universities including Eastern Illinois University, North Carolina State University, Kansas University, and the Kansas City Art Institute. She has conducted workshops in the U. S., Canada, and Australia.
Aviks has contributed essays and reviews to Fiberarts, Surface Design Journal, and Telos Publications (Susan Lordi Marker Monograph and Art Textiles of the World: United States).
Articles featuring Ilze Aviks’ work can be found in Surface Design Journal (Summer 2000), Fiberarts Design Books II and V, Fiberarts (Nov/Dec 2005), SDA Gallery Issue (2006), Contemporary Quilt Art by Kate Lenkowsky, Shuttle Spindle Dyepot (Fall 2007), Australian Threads (2007), American Craft (Feb/March 2009) and Surface Design Journal (Fall 2009).
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Legends and Innovators
Fiberarts International
University of Nebraska
Chautauqua International
University of Northern Colorado
Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, North Carolina State University
Muskegon Museum, Michigan
Fairfield Museum, Sydney Australia
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
U.S. Embassy, Riga, Latvia
Kaiser Permanente
AT&T
Lore International
City of Mesa, Arizona
Mountain Bell, Denver
Jaynes Corporation, Kansas City
WORKSHOP VENUES
Mendocino Art Center
Shakerag Art School
University of Minnesota, Split Rock Arts
Horsham, Orange, Perth, Australia
Penland School of Art
London, Ontario
Arrowmont School of Art
Oregon College of Ar
Skidmore College
NSNG, Chicago
For more information regarding workshops or sale of artwork please write to:
Ilze Aviks
1616 Forest Avenue
Durango, CO 81301
OR EMAIL:info@ilzeaviks.comDownload a resumé here